Rep. Allen West's bad hair day

During the House of Representatives' floor debate Tuesday on the GOP-sponsored "Cut, Cap and Balance" bill Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., mistakenly referred to West, R-Fla., as "the gentleman from South Carolina." West is one of two black Republicans in the House. The other is Rep. Tim Scott, a tea party-backed freshman from the Palmetto State who sports a bald head.

"I do need to correct my colleague from Vermont," West said on the House floor, according to the congressional record. "I'm not from South Carolina; I'm from Florida, but that's okay. I'm the guy with hair."